the nearest I got to ' irish' was 'nor`n irish' but they would be billy boys .
Yeah..... but didn't ye find a huge difference when you met the lads out of their home environment, as opposed to when they were home on leave.
They seemed completely different animals away from it all.
generally that was the go, but I remember when I was drafted to subs in `66 ,the mob done away with volunteers because it was at the height of the cold war and the nuclear boats were newly deployed ,so a huge number or turnaround crews were needed. I remember one night I went for a beer to the naffi , I walked up to the bar, asked for a beer, at the same time a group of tars over the otherside of the room [the place was empty except for them] were singing their heads off 'the sash' , before I even got a beer , the barman ses to me, you`d be better off not hanging around here son [I was only 17], he musta twigged my accent.
Jaysus Joe, I'm currently in Yorktown , right beside the battlefields, I'd best be keeping me mouth shut to the locals about that news! Lol
Yes Maire......keep stum, but it was the French.......
The French spent so much money and effort winning the American Revolution that it devastated their economy........Which in turn, led directly to the French revolution.........
And, do not tell them I told you......
And, you got the statue of liberty to prove it....
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Being English......is being British.....
Being Scottish .....is being British.....
Being Welch.........is being British...
Being Northern Irish.....is being British.......
Yes, they are Irish and British........
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The Union, and this is clearly stated on the cover of their Passports, is between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That places Northern Ireland pretty firmly outside Britain but within the United Kingdom. A subtle yet valid distinction. Therefore the Northern Irish are not British.
Last edited by Hagar; 13-08-2014, 02:50 PM.
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The Union, and this is clearly stated on the cover of their Passports, is between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That places Northern Ireland pretty firmly outside Britain but within the United Kingdom. A subtle yet valid distinction. Therefore the Northern Irish are not British.
You......forgot to ask them......
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In the years few years I've been up there, and the many years I've spent with them..........They are Irish and British......
The time I spent up there working with people from both sides of the divide does has not caused any alteration in the space time continuum so I'm going to lay it to one side as being irrelevant.
I think I've just proved rather conclusively that under the Act of Union they are not British despite any wishful thinking on their part. The truth is that they are inhabitants of a minor, failed little sectarian statelet with no great claim to fame except cornering the world market on hatred and living in the past. The sooner they realise that they have more in common with us than they have with the British the sooner international relationships in these islands will start to take on some semblance of normalcy.
As for what they call themselves, they could call themselves Icelandic if they wished but would that make it true? They are Northern Irish, no more, no less.
As people born on an island called Ireland I suppose we could stretch to allowing them to call themselves Irish.
The time I spent up there working with people from both sides of the divide does has not caused any alteration in the space time continuum so I'm going to lay it to one side as being irrelevant. I think I've just proved rather conclusively that under the Act of Union they are not British despite any wishful thinking on their part. The truth is that they are inhabitants of a minor, failed little sectarian statelet with no great claim to fame except cornering the world market on hatred and living in the past. The sooner they realise that they have more in common with us than they have with the British the sooner international relationships in these islands will start to take on some semblance of normalcy.
As for what they call themselves, they could call themselves Icelandic if they wished but would that make it true? They are Northern Irish, no more, no less.
As people born on an island called Ireland I suppose we could stretch to allowing them to call themselves Irish.
As were the people forcibly evicted to make room for them.
never met any of the ''evictors''...........of course I only associated with ordinary working people, mostly living in social housing.......
Though I did meet a Billy Quinn who lived there and was buying his own house.......no relation and same name as my brother......
He was proud to be British.......as is his right.........
Maybe he will be Scottish soon.......one never knows.....
I better stop watching western movies.....all those ''evictors''.........
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never met any of the ''evictors''...........of course I only associated with ordinary working people, mostly living in social housing.......
Though I did meet a Billy Quinn who lived there and was buying his own house.......no relation and same name as my brother......
He was proud to be British.......as is his right.........
Maybe he will be Scottish soon.......one never knows.....
I better stop watching western movies.....all those ''evictors''.........
Was he born in Britain or perhaps his parents were?
Or was he just another Billy Boy desperately trying to be something he's not?
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